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ID number: BIRBI-R1775 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Hostilian; Trebonianus Gallus; Rome Denomination: Sestertius Place made: Rome Culture: Roman Date made: 251 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 2.85 Weight (g): 17.17 Axis (degrees): 45.00 Provenance: Haines 1452. W. S. Lincoln, 1932. |

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Description: Obverse: Head of Hostilian, wearing laurel wreath, draped and cuirassed, facing r. Reverse: Securitas, draped, standing frontally, head facing l., placing r. on top of head and resting l. elbow on column.
Inscriptions: Obverse: … CΛL C VΛL HOS MΓ...V…VS ΔVG (Gaius Valens Hostilian Messius Quintus, Noble Caesar). Reverse: SBCoRITΛS A…G S C (Security [provided by] the Emperor; S C - Translation Disputed).
Bibliography: RIC IV 225 (Trajan Decius)
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